From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Carsten Dominik Subject: Re: GFDL Date: Tue, 21 May 2013 16:18:44 +0200 Message-ID: <1B9EEC55-EB84-480D-8EEE-8CFAB14D6264@gmail.com> References: <878v5wwr96.fsf@Rainer.invalid> <6D1B3E63-A3F0-447E-A1F4-12F8B3156DB9@gmail.com> <513BD73C.3050704@gmail.com> <58FF2382-A0A8-47E2-BEA0-8E88542C6638@gmail.com> <7wbo85qh62.fsf@benfinney.id.au> <87vc6ceigf.fsf@bzg.ath.cx> <86ppwkij9r.fsf@somewhere.org> <86r4h0h2y8.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.3 \(1503\)) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([208.118.235.92]:35882) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UenTs-0003AI-QR for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 10:24:02 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UenTr-0000al-GQ for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 10:24:00 -0400 Received: from ezel.ic.uva.nl ([146.50.108.158]:56309) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1UenOo-0006RX-73 for emacs-orgmode@gnu.org; Tue, 21 May 2013 10:18:46 -0400 In-Reply-To: <86r4h0h2y8.fsf@iro.umontreal.ca> List-Id: "General discussions about Org-mode." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: emacs-orgmode-bounces+geo-emacs-orgmode=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Fran=E7ois_Pinard?= Cc: emacs-orgmode@gnu.org On 21 mei 2013, at 15:34, Fran=E7ois Pinard = wrote: > "Sebastien Vauban" > writes: >=20 >> FMI, why is GNU GPL not applicable to the manual? >=20 > While I would have long to say, here, I rather censor myself, mostly. >=20 > I sometimes happen to think that the GDFL happened not so long after > Richard Stallman and I had a harsh and long dispute about the GNU tar > manual. In short, I wanted to publish it, Richard wanted that I = refrain > from doing so: he expected the manual to be a source of FSF revenue. > The GDFL wording opens the door to Richard's restrictions, I am curious, what passage does make such restrictions possible, and which kinds of restrictions? - Carsten > while the > GPL, which I used, is more in the spirit of the remainder of the FSF. >=20 > GNU tar has it own set of technical difficulties, and I hope I've been > able to put it back on track so it became maintainable again. But in > many non-technical ways, GNU tar has been an administrative nightmare. >=20 > Fran=E7ois >=20